Damned 13th Regression – 333



<Regression number 13 is damn right, episode 333>

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A comic book store hidden deep in Babel.

At the secret store supporting challengers and the stronghold of the rebellious gods an old man wearing a wizard’s hat arose.

“Oh Joo Gong-hyeok.”

An old man as dry as a tree root approached me with a happy smile.

The old man held Joo Gong-hyeok’s hand and shook it happily.

“I never thought someone as precious as you would hang out in such a squalid place. “This is beyond rude.”

‘Considering your nature I should have prepared to welcome you sooner…’

The old man hurriedly swept the dust and sand accumulated on the stone floor with a broom.

The moment Joo Gong-hyuk saw the old man he almost smashed his head.

Grumble-

The old man said dragging an old sofa.

“Come on sit here. hurry.”

The face of the old man who spoke kindly looked too much like Marduk.

If Demon Lord Bel Marduk were to grow old it would probably feel like this.

“Are you surprised by my resemblance to the devil?”

Joo Gong-hyeok remembered the old man’s voice.

Go back-

Go back-

Go back-

The voice that urged return from the destroyed world.

“Oh I wasn’t the only one who made that voice. “It is the voice of 『I』 『GM』 and 『Hilde』.”

One of the three subjects of regression.

The old man sat down in his chair and a smile appeared on his face.

“This is my first time seeing it in person. “Nice to meet you.”

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The person who led the regression.

The true dark side where not only Mi-rae-in but also Joo Gong-hyeok was born.

“The god of ‘Magic Tower World Phezelon’. “It’s called ‘Father of Magic.’”

An old man commonly called ‘Old Father’ introduced himself.

Joo Gong-hyeok sat on a sofa covered in gray dust.

“Did you send the future people?”

“No that can’t be possible. It was a simple error. There were only about 10 cases of regression. “We need to fix this so that something like this doesn’t happen next time.”

“next?”

Joo Gong-hyeok’s fingers twitched.

“Are you saying there will be another regression?”

“It’s not about you. This regression system is to be sent to the angels. Wouldn’t it be difficult if other Babel returnees suddenly encountered future people? It may have already been messed up. In the original future I sent it to another Babel without modifying it. Well this has nothing to do with you.”

“…Because I won’t kill you.”

Joo Gong-hyeok said quietly.

“Be honest. Future people. “Did you let them in?”

“…This is so.”

The kind old man smiled crookedly.

“As expected of an ascendant. I can’t fool you. It’s true that I let it in. I was really fed up with 『GM』’s stubbornness. “It looks very similar to you.”

‘Where should I start talking….’

The old man clasped his hands and began to talk.

“It may surprise you but the demon lords’ hometown ‘Story Tower World Babylon’ and the ‘Magic Tower World Phezelon’ where I was are related with the same roots. “The phylogenetic tree of their world and mine is the same.”

“But that doesn’t matter to their purpose. My world was invaded and destroyed by Babylon and I went into hiding as a parasite in Babel’s system. Thanks to the same phylogenetic tree of technology I was able to get very deeply involved in Babel’s system. “The angels and the Four Heavenly Kings Hild also hid me.”

“My world has fallen and I have found allies to seek revenge on Babel. “The gods of the fallen gods and the gods of the world being invaded by the roots of Babel were appropriate.”

“One of the new dimensions added to Babel the Kishin tribe has already become one with the gods and fused with them right? Also we couldn’t communicate. “At first glance I looked into their way of thinking but all they wanted to do was dominate me and take over Babel’s system.”

Even thinking about it now the old man burst into laughter as if it was absurd.

“The god of the beast people was already dead. “If it were to be a generational process a new god would have to be born but right now I don’t have anyone to talk to.”

“So the only thing left was a human god.”

“Cluck but your god. The person called 『Game Master』 suggested a very interesting formula. The game system. “Restart” was proposed. You know the power of 『The Greatest Hero Uno』 right? It was I who created Uno’s power. Your regression follows a similar principle. Although 『GM』 helped. No matter how much you lose you start over again indefinitely until you win. It was an evolution of the hero system of the world I was in. It was already half-implemented in Babel which was absorbing the Earth and could be used immediately if one wanted to. so….”

The old man pointed at Joo Gong-hyeok and smiled meaningfully.

“They made you the main character. And every time I died I regressed. “Well even if I die every time I already succeeded in the third time.”

“success?”

“It was successful wasn’t it? “Because Babel has fallen.”

The old man crossed his arms and nodded in satisfaction.

“Now that the devil is dead and Babel is in the hands of the archangels I am satisfied. Because I have finished avenging the destroyed world. But GM wasn’t like that?”

“GM wasn’t satisfied. “Even if Babel fell the Earth would be shattered and the ending would not be good.”

The old man narrowed his eyes.

GM’s voice calmly calling for a return came to mind.

[Even if Babel was defeated wouldn’t it be meaningless if the world of humans that I cultivated was ruined?]

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At first the old man understood the GM and nodded.

‘Well then there’s nothing I can do about it.’

Go back-

Go back-

Go back-

The voices of the old man and GM Hildegard rang out.

Joo Gong-hyeok returned from a destroyed world.

But the problem was next.

The fifth world where Sigmund won not Joo Gong-hyeok.

A world where ‘Sigmund’s Ending’ has descended on Earth.

GM once again demanded a return.

I don’t like this future.

From then on the old man was unsure about something.

I started to have a bad feeling.

And the old man’s hunch was not wrong.

GM was not satisfied.

Not only did the hunters survive but they continued to return demanding a better future and ending.

The possibility that the Demon King will notice the return is increasing and Joo Gong-hyeok the protagonist of the return runs the risk of completely defecting to the devil’s side.

In the old man’s opinion Joo Gong-hyeok had already reached a dangerous level.

The old man was sick and tired of seeing the GM putting everything back to the beginning even though his goal of getting revenge on Babel had been achieved several times.

so….

“I answered the knocking signal outside.”

The old man admitted.

“They were brought in through the hole of regression. “To end it all.”

“….”

“If I made a mistake everything could have ended. “I couldn’t help it.”

Either it ends because it gets caught up in GM’s reckless behavior or it ends because the regression system is exposed to the devil.

All or nothing.

The old man accepted a risky gamble.

“But everything went well right? I never thought I would ascend to heaven. Well now that the Demon King is dead he can return again…”

The old man asked stroking his beard.

“Would you like to go back one more time? There will be no interference from people from the future this time. That was my mistake. Now that I know about Babel Underground and have even experienced ascension some of my abilities and characteristics may remain as “inheritance perks.”

The old man smiled crookedly and raised his eyebrows.

“How is it? Would you like to go back one more time and seek a better future?”

“….”

Joo Gong-hyuk flicked the back of his hand.

Pak-

The old man’s upper body became a rag and bounced against the wall.

“I don’t want to repeat this crap anymore.”

Gonghyuk Joo said.

“I am a cowardly piece of trash. “I couldn’t win so I only fought in the future where I could win.”

No matter how unintentional it may have been I cowardly abandoned the failed world and sought a world that did not fail.

That’s the essence of saveload.

It is different from the “fate of final victory” of a warrior who does not abandon the world and saves it in the end no matter what the sacrifice.

It is a contradictory salvation that involves abandoning a failed world killing everyone who was originally there with one’s own hands and running away.

“Even if it was a future where all the people I loved were dead no matter how terrible and despairing it was it couldn’t have been like that.”

‘I don’t want to do that anymore.’

At Joo Gong-hyeok’s answer the old man with only his head left laughed.

“That’s a good answer. The one who saved the world seven times. Shamelessly I’ll just take a break.”

‘Goodbye. The tyrant of Babel.’

After speaking the old man’s head crumbled like sand.

Joo Gong-hyeok who had been sitting on the sofa for a long time after the old man disappeared got up.

There is no time to get lost in sentimentality.

We must cooperate with the Gishins to turn them into angels and disconnect all layers of Babel.

The tyrant of Babel returned to his throne on the 88th floor.

To a place filled with regret and bloodshed.

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40 years have passed.

An angel sent a report.

<<The 17th floor was breached. Babel manager Gonghyeok Joo.>>

Joo Gong-hyuk opened his eyes.

“It’s jingle.”

Even after losing their avatar the hunters came up to the upper floor.

It seems as if that is the purpose of the last remaining life.

Even though I lost connection to each floor I somehow connected the remaining routes and went up.

Joo Gong-hyeok was thinking of going down and sending them back completely but then changed his mind.

The dungeon level was raised to the maximum and a gatekeeper was placed on each floor.

So that they can feel ‘worth’ as they come up.

‘Only 7 floors over 40 years.’

Considering the previous experience of clearing the 88th floor in 40 years it is not a threat.

Even without much effort they will grow old and die before reaching the 88th floor.

Many people including Christina have already given up on upper-level climbing and the skills of hunters have declined as they age.

If you started lifting barbells in your 20s you would already be over 100 years old.

Some of them became eccentric and lost their avatars and characteristics but they fought each other with firepower that could blow up several Earths.

‘Rather than warring among themselves it would be better to give them something to do by climbing barbells.’

Thinking like that Joo Gong-hyuk closed his eyes again.

100 years have passed.

“Joo Gong-hyeok! Wake up quickly!”

Someone dinged his head.

Joo Gong-hyuk woke up furiously.

“what?”

Nathaniel jumped up and down with charcoal black on his face.

“Void wanderers have invaded Babel! “The power of the remaining angels alone is not enough!”

“What is a Void Wanderer?”

“An ancient demon an exiled wandering god something like that! “If you are the owner of the barbell go deal with it quickly!”

As Joo Gong-hyeok wandered out to the 88th floor he saw tentacles attached to the barbell and Gishin angels forming a barrage.

“I don’t know what it is…”

I touched the nose hair of a sleeping lion.

Gonghyeok’s hair burned bright blue and he took out a hammer with a white lion carved on it.

“Whoa~.”

A blue flame passed by and Nathaniel wiped the sweat from his forehead.

“Angels from the Dimensional Protection Organization Archangel Mission stopped by. He said he would reinstate the remaining angels who had been dispatched. “Except for the Kishin Angels everyone else has left.”

“you?”

When Joo Gong-hyeok asked Nathaniel sighed.

“If I leave too who will deal with a fool like you?”

“…That’s how he called out to the Archangel.”

“It turns out I’m not even an original angel. Is it my business? And… I’m the archangel here now right? “That’s enough.”

She crossed her arms and turned her head as if embarrassed.

Joo Gong-hyeok walked after her and spoke quietly.

“thanks.”

“Yes thank you so much. “Where can you find a kind and cute angel like me?”

“Will you marry me?”

“…Are you out of your mind?”

“I’m kidding.”

Wow!

Suddenly a white arm protruded from the corpse of the Void Wanderer.

“Huh huh…! “You thought I was going to die!?”

Joo Gong-hyeok and Nathaniel turned their heads at the succubus’ tearing voice.

The succubus tore off the tentacles of the Void Wanderer and came out.

“The Angel Gishin Tribe is Babel here right?”

Liliane whose hair was covered in slime cried out.

“How did I become a grand duke! “I will return to Babel and enjoy fame and fortune!”

Nathaniel opened his eyes wide.

“Liliane is back?”

Joo Gong-hyuk chuckled.

“Order the Four Heavenly Kings that you like so much.”

He walked to the throne on the 88th floor leaving the exhausted and exhausted succubus alone.

400 years have passed.

Quite a few hunters died.

Ding- Ding-

The city bell rang.

Many people flocked to Christina’s funeral.

For some reason she strictly followed the maxim for 400 years.

After the 88th floor Christina lived her whole life without saying a single word.

He did not answer questions about Joo Gong-hyeok or even when the hunters asked for help.

Considering her power her death now must have been her own choice.

‘Jung Hyeon-do is still alive.’

Joo Gong-hyuk looked down at Ha-gye.

First generation hunters were seen attending the funeral.

Gray-haired Edgar gave a eulogy and the hunters shed tears.

Among them was Hayeonsi wearing a black veil.

She looked up at the sky through the window.

‘Oppa….’

Hayeonsi said something with her lips.

Joo Gong-hyeok was the first to look away.

Joo Gong-hyuk wanted her to sacrifice herself to save the world.

But now that she has saved the world she no longer has to sacrifice herself.

The only thing he has to pay for is his shameless use of her.

1000 years have passed.

There were not many first generation hunters who survived.

The generations in the city had changed and there were almost no faces that Joo Gong-hyeok knew.

Babel’s climb stopped at the 24th floor.

There were no hunters left with the skills to rise any further.

Some hunters left the city and wandered the world without dying.

When Zhou Gong-hyuk looked down at He Ji Liang Xian turned his head.

She occasionally made eye contact with Joo Gong-hyeok.

As if he knew what Joo Gong-hyeok was looking down on.

‘It’s a monster that has lived for a thousand years so it’s unlikely that it would have such abilities.’

Joo Gong-hyuk chuckled.

It was the same for him who had lived for a thousand years.

10000 years have passed.

The population increased to 700 million several empires emerged and then disappeared creating a new civilization.

‘They’re all dead.’

Everyone who knew him is dead.

All those who truly remember themselves have disappeared.

It is only reported as a record.

Compared to the first generation of hunters the abilities of the current generation of humans were extremely weak and some mutants appeared and awakened avatars and were treated as gods.

Of course the role of the devil is played by Joo Gong-hyuk.

Even the name has already changed so much that only linguists can use the correct pronunciation of the original language.

Joo Gong-hyeok became a legendary figure.

“….”

I’m starting to feel a little tired now.

The operation of Babel by the Gishin tribe also went back on track.

‘Can I take a break now?’

Joo Gong-hyeok closed his eyes again.

The darkness continued for a long time and Nathaniel’s voice was heard.

“Ugh! “Dirty!”

Nathaniel dusted off Joo Gong-hyeok’s face with a duster.

“Don’t just sit on the throne wash your face and go outside and get some exercise!”

“….”

“hey! Please answer me! Joo Gong-hyeok! Joo Gong-hyeok! hey! “You’re not answering!?”

Her face was full of worry as she raised her voice.

After 40000 years Joo Gong-hyeok’s reaction decreased significantly.

Even in the face of the invasion of void entities it just gets up like a machine completes its work and sits on the throne.

Human reactions have almost disappeared.

Still she constantly talked to Joo Gong-hyuk.

“Did you know that people these days are trying to go to barbell? Maybe they’re trying to advance into dimensions outside of Babel. “How about giving it another dimension?”

“….”

“Lirianne how proud she is that she has become the Demon Queen of Babel. I can’t look at you because my eyes are sore but how about getting up and giving me some real education sometimes? “It’s nice to remember the old days.”

He who was sitting like a statue would sometimes open his eyes or move his pupils in response to her words.

To elicit an answer from him Nathaniel continued to tell old stories.

If I didn’t I felt like he would soon disappear and not move anymore.

A long time has passed.

Bah!

Nathaniel hit Joo Gong-hyuk hard on the back of the head.

“Joo Gong-hyeok! Wake up! “Get up now—!”

Her voice was more urgent than usual.

I wasn’t making a fuss about something I didn’t earn.

Joo Gong-hyeok came to his senses for the first time in a long time when he heard an urgent voice calling him.

“What’s happening this time? “I was sleeping well.”

“You’re perfectly fine now aren’t you? “It wasn’t your will to break it.”

Nathaniel said with a serious face.

“Look outside.”

Kuuuuung-

The ceiling on the 88th floor opened and the scenery outside Babel was visible.

A collection of numerous barbells was visible on the ceiling.

The ‘True Babel’ controlled by the ‘Seeer Demon God’ had reached the ceiling of the void.

Numerous dimensions which had become a true Babel dimensional concentration weapon were grinding in different directions like millstones spewing out fragments like the Milky Way.

“They plan to rip the void and ascend to heaven at once.”

Nathaniel frowned and looked up at the Demon God’s Babel.

“If they tear the void like that and move outward all remaining dimensions in the void will probably be torn apart as well. “Everyone is coming to stop it.”

with a plop-

Joo Gong-hyeok felt that his tower had reached the surface of the void.

The ships of the Archangel Battle Group surrounding the Demon God’s Babel were visible.

And countless Babels that were not controlled by the “Demon God” were passing through Joo Gong-hyeok’s tower and rising to the surface of the water.

“What are those?”

When Joo Gong-hyuk saw Babel passing by and asked Nathaniel he opened his chest and answered.

“They are your juniors.”

“My junior?”

“Your regression system is so effective that it has been applied to all Babels where angels are sent. “All returning warriors have mobilized.”

She pointed to each barbell.

“With the report from Demon King Bel Marduk Babel also began to respond but I think we still won quite a bit. The friend over there is so talented that he is a genius who succeeded just once. My friend over there said he did it twelve thousand times. It is said that they are a laid-back race that is very far from the flow of human time so their mentality is fine. Oh but it might look pretty disgusting to you. But don’t show it off too much. “Because you’re the tyrant of Babel and it’s rude.”

Joo Gong-hyeok asked her as she explained diligently.

“Can I just go and fight?”

“…I’m sorry to you who was resting well.”

She lowered her head.

“Please stand up and fight again. For everyone. “This time for all the dimensions that exist in the world.”

“….”

Joo Gong-hyuk chuckled as he saw her feeling sorry.

‘There’s no need to be so sorry.’

A comfortable rest does not suit you.

Rather I was relieved that this inevitable fight had come.

It suits him well to carry out his duties fight with all his might and then crumble and disappear.

‘It wouldn’t be a bad ending like this.’

It’s been a while since Joo Gong-hyuk showed off his mood.

“Babel No. 1113. Full speed ahead.”

<<Full speed ahead->>

The Gishin tribe that had fused with Babel responded.

Joo Gong-hyeok’s Babel headed to the true Babel along with the Babel of the returnees who saved the world.

Thinking of my hometown which is still wandering somewhere in the void.

‘There will be no rest for sinners.’

This fight was pleasing to him.

Joo Gong-hyuk comfortably prepared for his final days thinking about what kind of juniors he would meet at Babel.

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True Ending – The Tyrant of Babel Ends